| Afscheid | |
| Author: | Cees Nooteboom |
| Orig Lang Code: | nl |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Pub Date: | June 2020 |
| Pages: | 56 |
| Isbn: | 9789083048062 |
Afscheid, gedicht uit de tijd van het virus (Dutch; Flemish: Farewell: Poem from the Time of the Virus) is a poetry collection by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, published by in June 2020. The book covers Nooteboom's urge to travel, which is disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic and leads to reflections on death and the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The book consists of 33 poems arranged into 3 sections of 11 poems each. Each poem consists of three quatrains followed by a separate thirteenth line. The structure and meter were inspired by the Divine Comedy.